ventless dryer or wet lint trap
we are placing a dryer on the third floor of our brownstone. Would it be better to get a ventless dryer or one of those 12.00 water traps that you can place on any dryer? My concern is if the moist air will eventually effect the walls and insulation. Does anyone know? Thanks.
we are placing a dryer on the third floor of our brownstone. Would it be better to get a ventless dryer or one of those 12.00 water traps that you can place on any dryer? My concern is if the moist air will eventually effect the walls and insulation. Does anyone know?
Thanks.
Best to vent to the outside.
All that water that was in your clothes before drying has to go somewhere. The water trap will stop lint but not vapor.
We used to use the water trap in the winter – figuring that we’d add heat to the room, etc. We ended up with mold and mildew on the ceiling and all the wall paper peeled off the walls. If you don’t do that much laundry – you may be okay…but we now keep ours vented to the outside all the time. A friend has success with hers in her cellar, where the moisture doesn’t seem to do much damage – but ours was in a room on the top floor of the house.
the OP is referring to the kinds of dryers that require no venting, or the inside-venting kits to be used with electric dryers. i have a gas dryer in my cellar (gas dryers must be vented) and considering the trouble i went through to get it vented, i say if you have the dryer on the 3rd floor, why not get a real vent installed? it’s really the best/safest way to handle things and you don’t have the below-grade issues i did! so i guess what i’m saying is, do it for me 🙂
I don’t even know if that’s an option legally in NYC, OP, to not vent a dryer. Better check on that.